Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Cat Who Saw Red
by Lilian Jackson Braun
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Jim Qwilleran and his cats Koko and Yum Yum must solve a curious caper in this mystery in the bestselling Cat Who series.
Something is amiss at Maus Haus. Not just the mystery of an unsolved “suicide” which hangs over the old mansion, but something ominous in the present-day residence. When Qwilleran moves in to work on his new gastronomical assignment, strange things begin to happen. First it’s a scream in the night, then a vanishing houseboy. But when his old girlfriend disappears, something has to be done. Qwilleran, Koko and Yum Yum set out to solve the mystery—and find a murderer!
The Contingency Plan: Thriller Boxset
by Colton Lively
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
In a powerless world with no food or government help, bounty hunter Christine and her brother Jacob fight to survive as cities burn and chaos reigns. Their mother’s dying wish binds them against treacherous odds.
A mysterious traveler reveals a secret, forcing Christine to choose: protect Jacob or risk all for the truth. Danger closes in, and survival demands sacrifice.
The Cold Millions
by Jess Walter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins comes another “literary miracle” (NPR)—a propulsive, richly entertaining novel about two brothers swept up in the turbulent class warfare of the early twentieth century.
An intimate story of brotherhood, love, sacrifice, and betrayal set against the panoramic backdrop of an early twentieth-century America that eerily echoes our own time, The Cold Millions offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation grappling with the chasm between rich and poor, between harsh realities and simple dreams…
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
by Grady Hendrix
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
They were never girls, they were witches . . . .
They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’re sent to the Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, to give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened.
Fifteen-year-old Fern arrives at the home in the sweltering summer of 1970, pregnant, frightened, and alone. Under the watchful eye of the stern Miss Wellwood, she meets a dozen other girls in the same predicament.
No Tomorrow
by Tom Wood
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Victor the assassin returns in the new novel from the author of The Killer, The Enemy, and The Game…
THE JOB IS SIMPLE
When Victor is called to meet with an old friend who ultimately betrayed him, what he thought was an ambush is in fact a plea for help. As a Russian gangster, Norimov is accustomed to death threats, but now an unknown enemy wants more than his life. They intend to kill everyone he cares about, including his missing daughter Gisele. This time, Victor’s job is not to kill but to protect. Unfortunately, locating Gisele is his first mistake—because someone is watching his every move.
ESCAPE IS IMPOSSIBLE
Jared Wolf Kindle
by Geoffrey Porter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“Action-packed, the book carries the reader swiftly from chapter to chapter with no downtime. Although the author states that he particularly hopes the book will appeal to boys, it features a diverse cast of complex, well-developed characters whose hidden strengths both confound and delight. One of my favorite aspects of the book was the inclusion of full-color character cards. I think readers would love to have these cards available as a stand-alone deck with more to be added with (what I hope is the inevitable) sequel. One final note: the author offers an unusually vulnerable transparency in his bio at the back of the book, discussing his lifelong challenge of schizophrenia and how that has affected his life and his work. Both prosaic and inspirational, I think it would encourage anyone who faces mental health battles in their own life, especially adolescents who are just beginning to grapple with what that means for them. Now we wait for book two!” by Amazon Customer
The Tenth Justice
by Brad Meltzer
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Landing a prestigious position as a Supreme Court clerk fresh out of Yale Law, Ben Addison is on the ultrafast track to successun – til he inadvertently shares a classified secret with the wrong listener. And now the anonymous blackmailer who made a killing with Ben’s information is demanding more. Guilty of a criminal act, his golden future suddenly in jeopardy, Ben turns for help to his roommates—three close friends from childhood, each strategically placed near the seats of Washington power – and to his beautiful, whip-smart fellow clerk, Lisa Schulman. But trust is a dangerous commodity in the nation’s capital. And when lives, careers, and power are at stake, loyalties can shatter like glass… and betrayals can be lethal.
Taming the Wind
by Joe R. Eagleman
Kindle $5.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
What if the power to command the storm was no longer natures alone?
Dr. Jack Engle, a brilliant scientist, respected professor, and bestselling textbook author, has done the unthinkable: he has engineered the first artificial tornado. Designed to revolutionize clean energy, his creation could change the world—or destroy it.
But Engle isn’t just a scientist. He’s also a family man who finds balance in Sunday jam sessions with his children and grandchildren, performing in the family band that keeps him grounded. His world of music, teaching, and family dinners is suddenly shattered when his discovery ignites a corporate firestorm.
Coyote Hills
by Jonathan Kellerman, Jesse Kellerman
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand new Release #ad
Clay Edison has left behind the Alameda County coroner’s office to strike out on his own as a private investigator. He’s perfectly happy working low-stakes embezzlement cases—that is, until PI Regina Klein calls him with a mystery only he can solve. The son of a wealthy couple has washed up dead on the shores of San Francisco Bay with drugs in his system and a head injury. The police are calling it an accident. But the parents are adamant something’s not right—and as Clay digs deeper, he uncovers a horrifying tangle of betrayal and lies.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Keepsakes, Karma & Murder
by Christa Nardi
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The perfect first date. Good food, a romantic setting, good vibes. Until a woman screams and a shot is fired.
As a trauma counselor, Stacie Maroni, doesn’t hesitate to barge through the fray. She and Detective O’Hare are potential witnesses. Only it doesn’t stop there. When the husband is the immediate suspect, Meredith, an acquaintance of Stacie’s, asks her to help. There’s evidence against the husband but it’s all circumstantial. Remembering how she felt when her soon-to-be ex was murdered, Stacie can sympathize…
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(A Stacie Maroni Mysteries)
People Behaving Badly
by John D. Ottini
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Semi-Finalist in the 2015 Royal Palm Literary Award Competition. (Florida Writers Association)
People Behaving Badly is a collection of thirteen short mystery stories exploring the folly of criminal behavior. Welcome to a world filled with strange and quirky characters where murder, vigilantism, jealousy, infidelity, sex, violence and people behaving badly are the norm.
These short mysteries were written as individual bite-size stories that can be devoured in one sitting. Perfect reading for your bus, train or subway commute to work, while you’re waiting at the doctor’s or dentist’s office, having your car serviced, enjoying a latte at your favorite coffee shop, or whenever you have a few minutes of free time…
A Place Called Freedom
by Ken Follett
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Scotland, 1766. Sentenced to a life of misery in the brutal coal mines, twenty-one-year-old Mack McAsh hungers for escape. His only ally: the beautiful, highborn Lizzie Hallim, who is trapped in her own kind of hell. Though separated by politics and position, these two restless young people are bound by their passionate search for a place called freedom.
From the teeming streets of London to the infernal hold of a slave ship to a sprawling Virginia plantation, Ken Follett’s turbulent, unforgettable novel of liberty and revolution brings together a vivid cast of heroes and villains, lovers and rebels, hypocrites and hell-raisers—all propelled by destiny toward an epic struggle that will change their lives forever.
Tinker’s Saga Complete Boxed Set
by A.T. Michaels, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Some prisons hold more than chains. They hold secrets.
Jax Thorne spends his free time building inventions from stolen factory parts, dreaming of a life beyond the oppressive Ferrus Dominion. His tinkering skills keep him valuable—until a military conscription notice arrives with his name on it.
He thinks he’s found a way out through a local crime boss – until the deal goes horribly wrong.
Get your copy of this complete series boxed set to join Jax on his adventures today!
The Perfect Divorce
by Jeneva Rose
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER
From the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling thriller The Perfect Marriage
Till death do us part. Yours. Not Mine.
It’s been eleven years since high-powered attorney Sarah Morgan defended her husband, Adam, against the charge of murdering his mistress. Sarah has long since moved on, starting a family with her new husband, Bob Miller, and changing careers. Her life is back to being exactly how she always wanted … or is it?
Risen
by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
What has been awakened is unbound. The Boy is getting his first taste of freedom. As their comrades fall, fear threatens to consume the survivors in chapter four of The Boy in the Iron Box.
Liev’s plan: get his men out of this ancient stone prison, take their chances with the wolves, and descend the summit at first light. But in this snowbound hell, there’s soon to be a frightening new twist to survival.
Free Fire
by C. J. Box
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett hunts a mass murderer in Yellowstone in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box.
Joe Pickett’s been hired to investigate one of the most cold-blooded mass killings in Wyoming history. Attorney Clay McCann admitted to slaughtering four campers in a back-country corner of Yellowstone National Park—a “free-fire” zone with no residents or jurisdiction. In this remote fifty-square-mile stretch a man can literally get away with murder…
The Lie Maker
by Linwood Barclay
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Your dad’s not a good person. Your dad killed people, son.
These are some of the last words Jack Givins’ father spoke to him before he was whisked away by witness protection, leaving Jack and his mother to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives as best they could.
Years later, Jack is a grown man with problems of his own. He’s a talented but struggling author, barely scraping by on the royalties from his moderately successful first book. So when the U.S. Marshals approach him with a lucrative opportunity, he’s in no position to turn them down. They’re recruiting writers like Jack to create false histories for people in witness protection—people like Jack’s father.
The Tin Men
by Nelson DeMille, Alex DeMille
Kindle 14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
At a top-secret Army training facility in the Mojave Desert, Special Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor plunge into a deadly web of military intrigue, AI technology, and robot soldiers as they unravel the shocking murder of a senior scientist in this gripping thriller from New York Times bestselling authors Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille.
Army CID Special Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor team up for their toughest assignment yet as they are dispatched to Camp Hayden to investigate the death of Major Roger Ames, the chief scientist in charge of the top-secret war games being conducted between a platoon of Army Rangers and a fleet of “lethal autonomous weapons.”
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Deadly Christmas Cipher
by Stacy Angell Curtis
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
But a blackmailer’s plans threaten to derail the Christmas-themed ceremony before it starts.
Two days before the wedding, the caterer attracts a sniper, and Jack needs to know if the woman baking their wedding cake is an innocent victim or complicit in her brother’s shady business dealings.
The happy couple would love to focus on each other, but they can’t ignore the growing danger when an ominous warning from Bryn’s incarcerated grandfather is followed by a shooting at the caterer’s shop.
Witness, Woods, & Wedding
by Tonya Kappes
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
USA Today Bestselling author Tonya Kappes brings you southern and quirky characters in her mystery series. Her stories are charged with humor, friendship, family and life in small southern towns.
In the heart of the charming town of Normal, Kentucky, Mae West has patiently awaited her wedding day to Hank Sharp. Friends and family gather, the crisp autumn air carries the scent of fallen leaves, and laughter dances through the warm Southern breeze. Everything is set for a picture-perfect day, a celebration of love in a town nestled by the serene Daniel Boone National Forest.
Blood Trails
by Diane Capri
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Michael Flint promises he can find anyone, anytime, anywhere – dead or alive. Now he’s forced to prove it.
More than $50 million in mineral royalties are up for grabs. The legal heir has disappeared. Two Texas oil barons, who will stop at nothing to win their bitter rivalry, desperately need to locate her before it’s too late.
In a hunt stretching from dusty, hot West Texas to snowy Saskatchewan, Flint finds himself caught in the crossfire between dueling tycoons and greedy mercenaries out for their own piece of the pie.
Windslash
by Chris Bennett
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
10,000 years ago. On a mythical island.
Where powerful magic exists that is destined to be lost to the seas.
Timaeus is a Wind Student, training to be a Wind Elemental. It is through an extraordinary anomaly that it is discovered he can use more than Wind Magic, this marks the beginning of an extraordinary adventure as he learns the extent of his abilities.
The Dark Elementals, malevolent and monstrous warriors, corrupted by Dark Magic, seek to revive a great evil that was sealed away long ago. After centuries of waiting they put their plan into motion, they invade Atlantis causing a war to break out, slaughtering Atlantis’ forces to find what they need to revive the great evil…
Fire Lover: A True Story
by Joseph Wambaugh
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
From Joseph Wambaugh, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of such classics as The Onion Field and The Choirboys, comes the extraordinary story of the chase for the “Pillow Pyro,” led by one ambitious firefighter.
Growing up in Los Angeles, John Orr idolized law enforcement. However, after being rejected by both the LAPD and LAFD, he settled for a position with the Glendale Fire Department. There, he rose through the ranks, eventually becoming a fire captain and one of Southern California’s best-known and most respected arson investigators. But Orr led another, unseen life, one that included womanizing and an insatiable thirst for recognition.
Behind a Locked Door
by Sarah A. Denzil
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
She opened the wrong door. Now her life will never be the same.
When Lucy Foster visits her old friend, she doesn’t expect to hear a baby crying behind a locked cellar door. But what she finds shatters everything she thought she knew: a terrified teenage girl and a newborn, hidden away like a secret shame.
As Lucy’s quiet life spirals into a media frenzy, and as the town turns against her, one thing becomes clear—someone is watching. And they want Lucy to stop helping the girl in the cellar.
Because the truth is darker than anyone imagines. And unlocking it may cost Lucy everything.
In The Darkness of Delphi
by L. W. Lowe
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
An Oracle in denial. A Muse on a mission. And a Goddess rebelling against her own prophecy.
CALLIOPE, the Muse of Epic Poetry, arrives in the city of Delphi, Georgia, seeking answers from her Aunt Themis. However, THEMIS, the Goddess of Justice and Divine Order, is preoccupied with protecting The Oracle and keeping her unaware of her true identity. To prevent the prophecy from coming true, she needs to keep Calliope far away from The Oracle.
Aimless and broke, CORINNE Kosmas wants to do more with her life than working the night shift at the laundromat. But Corinne was never destined to lead a boring life.
One unnatural thunderstorm later, all three find themselves on the verge of having their destinies controlled by a secret society. Enter a hidden world where mythical beings and powerful mortals collide.
Dream Girl
by Laura Lippman
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
Following up on her acclaimed and wildly successful New York Times bestseller Lady in the Lake, Laura Lippman returns with a dark, complex tale of psychological suspense with echoes of Misery involving a novelist, incapacitated by injury, who is plagued by mysterious phone calls.
Aubrey, the title character of Gerry Andersen’s most successful novel, Dream Girl, is so captivating that Gerry’s readers insist she’s real. Gerry knows she exists only in his imagination. So how can Aubrey be calling Gerry, bed-bound since a freak fall? A virtual prisoner in his penthouse, Gerry is dependent on two women he barely knows: his incurious young assistant, and a dull, slow-witted night nurse.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Tricky Twenty-Two
by Janet Evanovich
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
“The most popular mystery writer alive.” – The New York Times
Stephanie Plum might not be the world’s greatest bounty hunter, but she knows when she’s being played. Ken Globovic (aka Gobbles), hailed as the Supreme Exalted Zookeeperof the animal house known as Zeta fraternity, has been arrested for beating up the dean of students at Kiltman College. Gobbles has missed his court date and gone into hiding. People have seen him on campus, but no one will talk. Things just aren’t adding up, and Stephanie can’t shake the feeling that something funny is going on at the college – and it’s not just Zeta fraternity pranks.
Thrill Kill
by Cameron Curtis
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A Russian scientist with a deadly secret. Only Breed can get him out.
When CIA operator Anya Stein offers Breed a job in Vienna, he arrives just in time to save her from Russian assassins led by a deadly blonde in dark sunglasses.
Stein explains the mission: protect defecting rocket scientist Dieter Kromik, who holds the secret to Russia’s devastating Oreshnik missile – a conventional weapon that delivers a nuclear-sized punch…
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The Wolf Hunter
by Eli Hai
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A gripping psychological thriller, The Wolf Hunter will have readers on the edge of their seats as they unravel this twisted murder mystery at the center of this story of obsession, vengeance, and betrayal.
When his taste for revenge turns into murder, he’ll have nowhere to hide in the cold woods.
Growing up in the wild and dangerous tundras outside Kotzebue, Alaska, Su Ran is used to being a loner. After a wolf viciously attacked him when he was just a boy, leaving his face severely disfigured, he becomes tormented by his own reflection. When his scientist father takes off shortly after the attack, Su Ran swears to seek revenge on the one-eared wolf that ruined his life…
Ninth House
by Leigh Bardugo
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Enter a mesmerizing world of power, privilege, and dark magic among the Ivy League elite in the first book in the Alex Stern series.
Goodreads Choice Award Winner
Locus Finalist
Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her?
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(Ninth House Series Book 2, for $2.99)
The Girl Next Door
by Matt McGregor
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
She’s beautiful, she’s dangerous. And she just moved in next door.
When her only son leaves for college, Helen Martin thinks her biggest worry is an empty house.
Then Dakota moves in next door. Beautiful and brash, Dakota quickly attracts the ire of the homeowners association — and the wandering eyes of Helen’s husband, Sam.
But Helen is determined to be a good neighbor. When Dakota’s violent ex-husband comes looking for her, Helen thinks she can help drive him away.
DUCT TAPE & DESTINY
by LANCE LASSEN
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
They said wormholes were impossible. Bill Griffin made one anyway.
Quantum physicist Bill Griffin has nothing left to lose. His parents are dead. His revolutionary equation is complete. And when he punches a hole through spacetime with nothing but math and his billionaire uncle’s funding, he discovers something terrifying:
Earth isn’t just isolated. It’s been quarantined.
The Big Slide—a galaxy-spanning highway system—connects every inhabited world in the known universe. Every world except Earth. Humanity speaks the universal language but has been banned from using it. And the cosmic powers that be have made it very clear: Earthlings are too dangerous to be trusted with the stars.
Stone Cold
by C. J. Box
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A stranger makes trouble for Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett in this gripping thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.
Everything about the rich stranger is a mystery: the massive, isolated ranch in the remote Black Hills of Wyoming, the women who live with him, the secret philanthropies, the private airstrip, the sudden disappearances. And especially the persistent rumors that the man’s wealth comes from killing people.
Joe Pickett, still officially a game warden but now mostly a troubleshooter for the governor, is assigned to find out the truth. But he finds out a lot more than he bargained for…
The Final Diagnosis
by Arthur Hailey
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The #1 New York Times–bestselling author’s classic novel of life and death drama inside a major American hospital – “easy to read and hard to stop reading” (Kirkus Reviews).
Change is in the air when a new board chairman sets out to modernize and expand Three Counties Hospital in Burlington, Pennsylvania—a once venerable institution whose standards have slipped. Dynamic Dr. Kent O’Donnell, a Harvard Medical School–trained surgeon, accepts the board’s offer to lead and reform the rundown, disorganized hospital because he wants to make his mark on the world.
OFF GRID
by J. P. Redding
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In the wake of a global calamity, the economy collapses. The Feds respond by wielding every power of the Welfare State to control the populace. A key tool is PivPal, an indispensable smartphone used to track citizens. As civil liberties crumble, resistance is relegated to flyover country whose residents—derided as off-gridders—cling to the time-honored virtues of freedom, self-reliance, and charity. Against this backdrop, Jenny Hernandez struggles to keep her rural church community nourished and safe. Hiding from the Feds, a team of inventors, and Jenny’s ex, arrive to complete the amazing plasma drive. They bring hope, but also the watchful eye of Big Brother. With the authorities closing in, local law enforcement must choose sides.
Vampire Vintage
by Ashlyn Chase
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Maura Keegan, addicted to vampire romance novels, decides to add a Gothic section to her vintage clothing store in SoHo. What better way to get a tax-deductible trip to Romania—and meet her future vampire mate?
Adrian, a sexy vampire living right under her nose in New York, owns a vineyard in France producing very special wine for exclusive clients. It allows him and others like him to walk in daylight and avoid snacking on strangers.